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Article: Maternal Determinants of Pediatric Preventive Care Utilization among Blacks and Whites
- Article from:
- Journal of the National Medical Association
- Article date:
- June 1, 2005
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Financial support: This work was entirely funded by the Council on African American Affairs, Washington, DC.
Objective: We assessed maternal characteristics that were predictive of preventive care utilization among children 0-5 years and compared black-white differences in preventive care usage.
Mefhod: We used the 1996-2000 series of public use files from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). Receipt of preventive care was defined as up-to-date immunization coverage of the child and at least one dental visit during the year.
Results: A total of 10,525 children were analyzed consisting of 2,090 blacks (19.9%) and 8,435 whites (80.1%). Black mothers were in general older and less ...